Hunger Games Panem Map Guide: Every Location Explained

The success of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, there is a renewed interest in the Hunger Games mythology, including the Panem map and its 13 Districts. The dystopian series takes place in the nation of Panem where the powerful residents of The Capitol force the young members of the outer districts to fight to the death in the annual Hunger Games as a way of keeping them in line. Covering those parts of what used to be the United States that haven’t fallen victim to rising sea levels and other global disasters, Panem is presented as a grim alternate vision of the U.S.’s future.